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Charles Barkley said this a couple months ago about Anthony Davis and Rich Paul (it still holds): "Remember your agent works for you. You don't work for him. They handled that situation wrong. Anybody that works for me ... they better do whatever I f---ing say or they're fired."

This is old but interesting. I'm obsessed today with whether or not John Wall is the key to the AD deal.

Source No. 1, a current NBA agent, surprised me by saying the story was true. The source said its something Rich Paul  agent to LeBron James and, as of January 2016, John Wall  was orchestrating. But, according to this source, the Wizards were saying no.

If the Wizards are going to trade Bradley Beal, they have to dump John Wall at the same time and kick start a rebuild. It's negligent of whoever is running that franchise to even consider trading Beal if Wall isn't a part of the deal.

Rich knows better than anyone if Wall is going to put the effort in to be a productive player when he's healthy, but that contract is a huge liability for the next 4 years no matter what.

I could definitely see the Lakers resisting having not only that contract, but three Klutch clients on the roster - 4 if KCP remains on the team.

I also have to wonder if Washington would view moving up 5 spots in the draft, plus getting Ball/Kuzma/Hart sufficient for trading Beal, even factoring in the cost of dumping Wall. The cost to move up is generally a 1st the following year. And you'd have to think Ball is worth a 1st. The cost for Nets to dump Crabbe was essentially a 1st - and at this point moving the Wall contract would cost at least that.

So that's a net +3 first round picks and two useful players for Beal. I think the Wiz do it. But all those Klutch clients would give me heartburn if I'm Lakers.

Lakers and Pelicans trade facing a roadblock. Majority of framework has been agreed on. Looking for a third team.

Hey guys,

As of 10pm yesterday, Lakers and pelicans have agreed on majority of the trade. What I was told is that Lakers have official told pelicans what they are putting on the table, and the pelicans have agreed to it

The problem has been the third team, during the initial stages it was between Chicago and Phoenix. However both teams have fallen off, two new emerging team have came out, the wizards and the hawks.

Lakers and Pelicans trade facing a roadblock. Majority of framework has been agreed on. Looking for a third team.

Hey guys,

As of 10pm yesterday, Lakers and pelicans have agreed on majority of the trade. What I was told is that Lakers have official told pelicans what they are putting on the table, and the pelicans have agreed to it

The problem has been the third team, during the initial stages it was between Chicago and Phoenix. However both teams have fallen off, two new emerging team have came out, the wizards and the hawks.

Some seem to think it would be Ingram/Lonzo/8/10 coming back to Pels w/ 4 going to Hawks.

All he posted was:

"Hey guys,
As of 10pm yesterday, Lakers and pelicans have agreed on majority of the trade. What I was told is that Lakers have official told pelicans what they are putting on the table, and the pelicans have agreed to it
The problem has been the third team, during the initial stages it was between Chicago and Phoenix. However both teams have fallen off, two new emerging team have came out, the wizards and the hawks.
There is a high sense of optimism that the trade will get done."

and

"They’ve agreed on the framework, but it’s not complete yet. Basically pelicans told lakers to find a third team that will be giving up valuable asset for one of our young players.
I heard hawks are interested in our fourth pick, so in a three way trade our pick might be going there"

And then it's just a bunch of random Laker fans spewing random speculations out there. Nothing specific at all. I really can't see us trading for Lonzo, and I imagine part of the reason for getting other teams involved is to flip Lonzo.